This website started out as "mindinfo.co.uk"
in 2000 primarily for in-patients of Albecq Ward and other service users at the
Castel Hospital, including the Day Centre, in Guernsey where I was working. Service users often asked where they could find information about various conditions or treatment.
I developed a list of relevant websites, but I finally decided it would be far
easier to direct them to one webpage, which contained the links to all those
other sites. So "mindinfo" was born.
The website has grown steadily
over the years, and was rebranded as "get.gg" in 2008 when Mind (the UK
national mental health charity) requested that I change the name of the site.
I used that opportunity to completely overhaul the site to reflect the changes
in my own practice. The more descriptive web domain name "getselfhelp.co.uk"
was added in 2009 when the focus moved towards self-help and therapist
resources.
Gradually, since September 2009,
I've added the downloads section, and am continually developing and adding to
the site. Keep up-to-date with new additions to the
website here. My motivation is to make self-help materials available
in easy-to-read format, and contribute to the available printable resources for
therapists and trainee therapists.
Website visitors by country: UK
(56%), US (25%) Australia (3%), Canada (3%), Guernsey (3%), Ireland (2%), others
(8%)
Website visitors by continent: Europe
(64%), North America (28%), Oceania (3.5%), Asia (3.5%), Africa (0.5%), South &
Central America (0.5%)
Daily average stats based on weekdays (half at
weekends)
Stats based on information March 2010
About Me
I initially qualified as a
registered general nurse in 1981 (Dorset), then as a mental health nurse in 1985
(Exeter). I moved back home to Guernsey after a couple of years teaching
sailing in Dartmouth, and have since worked mostly in adult acute mental health
settings, using a variety of psychotherapeutic techniques, in individual and
group work.
I also have practitioner-level qualifications
in Hypnotherapy (Insight
Natural Health,
GHR), Meridian Energy Therapies
(Association of Meridian Energy
Therapies), and Eye-Movement
Desensitisation & Reprocessing (EMDR) (EMDR
Workshops), and have completed brief courses in
Solution Focused Therapy, Life Coaching, and Colour Therapy.
I currently work as a Cognitive
Behavioural Psychotherapist with Guernsey's HSSD (our NHS equivalent). I'm married to Malcolm, and have
three children aged 21, 19 and 4. I enjoy reading, cycling,
music, visiting France, and making websites!
Carol Vivyan
The picture at the top of this page is a copy of a
painting (by
Molly Bihet, my Mum) from a photograph of me on my then boat, off
Dartmouth, in 1984. 'Delphinus' was a Morgan Giles 30, built in 1975 and
completed in 1978. I taught sailing for two seasons, based in Dartmouth,
and later sailed her most often single-handedly around local Channel Island
waters.
